“We’re bottom of the table? We’re in good company,” shrugged the Coach. “It seems that clubs who can spend €40m like LucianoSpalletti’sZenit or Roberto Mancini’s Manchester City aren’t exactly doing better.

“As for tonight, I can say we did not deserve to lose and we gave our all, but were unable to get a result. The difference was in their fitness levels.

“Young Boys have played once in 15 days, while we had three games during the same period, but despite that we gave everything we had and created numerous scoring opportunities.”